End of Watch, also with Anna Kendrick and Natalie Martinez, eyed by Open Road.
Open Road Films is in final talks to pick up the David Ayers-directed film which was co-financed by Emmett Furla and Exclusive, reports Variety.
Also scripted by Ayers, End of Watch tells of two longtime partner LAPD cops and their paths to love (Kendrick and Martinez), marriage, fatherhood and the Los Angeles streets.
Pic is produced by John Lesher of Le Grisbi Productions, alongside Ayers and his Crave Films.
Gyllenhaal was last seen in Summit Entertainment's Source Code with Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright. He's in post-production phase on David O. Russell's Nailed alongside Jessica Biel, James Marsden Castherine Keener, Kirstie Alley, Tracey Morgan, Paul Reubens and Jon Stewart.